IDF builds fake Arab town

[peezey 0]

Wildroze, Although you deleted your comment, it was still read.

Achmadinejad does not deny the Holocaust. He talks aout freedom of speech and the world's sensitivity about talking about anything related to the Holocaust that might be perceived as anti-semitic.

Any review of the man's life, his education, would reveal he is a smart man who is clearly pushing limits in world politics. He says things that rile people up, and that is his point.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

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And I think it's ridiculous to pretend the MSM wouldn't pick up a story like this should the tables turn, and make a huge deal of it. Case in point, the absolute bastardization of Ahmadinejad's speech as MK outlined.

Again, the fact that American "mainstream" media (I won't use "MSM" here as the acronym has a different meaning for South Indians) missed a major international story on its own doorstep belies this.

The bastardisation could easily be due to a multihand translation, as many of them don't have reporters on ground. This is shown by the oft-reported (since 1990--when it had been untrue for 10 years by then, no change since) "cow slaughter is banned in almost all Indian states" (which tells me the "reporter" never actually set foot in India--where beef is actually readily available for those who have a taste for it).

[wildroze22 0]

Wildroze, Although you deleted your comment, it was still read.

Achmadinejad does not deny the Holocaust. He talks aout freedom of speech and the world's sensitivity about talking about anything related to the Holocaust that might be perceived as anti-semitic.

Any review of the man's life, his education, would reveal he is a smart man who is clearly pushing limits in world politics. He says things that rile people up, and that is his point.

i actually didnt mean to dlete my post, the computer was acting up. i still stand behind what i say.

first off, he didnt make a comment about palestinian vs israeli towns. he made a comment about Israeli/Egyptian/Syrian/Iranian. I agree they would be the same, but dont get upset about a comment not made.

also, the second point are ttwo very different things. ahmadinejad has made it quite clear that he is anti israel and anti american. he has come forth loudly to declare things like the denial of the holocaust, which makes him headline news. headline news is often distorted by media. a creation of an israeli town in iran or syria for training purposes would NOT be headline news because im quite sure they already exist. again, if they didnt i would be greatly surprised. so they are NOT headline news.

hes a smart man... and so was hitler, and many other leaders

Edited January 27, 2007 by wildroze22

[sereia 0]

Wildroze, Although you deleted your comment, it was still read.

Achmadinejad does not deny the Holocaust. He talks aout freedom of speech and the world's sensitivity about talking about anything related to the Holocaust that might be perceived as anti-semitic.

Any review of the man's life, his education, would reveal he is a smart man who is clearly pushing limits in world politics. He says things that rile people up, and that is his point.

oh??

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12...aust/index.html

this is one link to many. you can't deny he held this conference..........hchouma on achmadinejad!

[peezey 0]

Wildroze, Although you deleted your comment, it was still read.

Achmadinejad does not deny the Holocaust. He talks aout freedom of speech and the world's sensitivity about talking about anything related to the Holocaust that might be perceived as anti-semitic.

Any review of the man's life, his education, would reveal he is a smart man who is clearly pushing limits in world politics. He says things that rile people up, and that is his point.

oh??

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12...aust/index.html

this is one link to many. you can't deny he held this conference..........hchouma on achmadinejad!

I realize the issue is sensitive. Is the suggestion the Holocaust never happened insulting and preposterous? Of course. But the point is, he is making a point that has little to do with whether or not the Holocaust happened, or what his belief is about the actual events.

He makes comments that piss people off. He asks why Israel, created by Europeans, isn't in Europe? Or the US? He is making a point. Just the mere question of anything to do with Israel is met with unfettered anger, no matter the content of the question.

anti-zion does not equal anti-semitic.

Edited January 27, 2007 by peezey

[Caladan 19]

It's probably also worthwhile to point out that Ahmadinejad (I am going to misspell this, forgive me) does not control the military or the decisions to go to war at *all* under the Iranian system of government. He can spout speeches the whole day long, and piss off people, and hate Israel as much as he wants, and it doesn't actually have a thing to do with whether Iran is going to invade.

Any more than when Bush makes a speech calling North Korea part of the Axis of Evil means we're going to nuke P'yongyang, except that Bush is actually commander-in-chief. Ahmadinejad isn't. He may be playing to a base, but the control of the military is in the hands of the religious government, and they haven't survived for 30 years by being idiots.

[Caladan 19]

I have yet to get an answer. Where has it happened? I'd say it's not in the media because it hasn't happened. I do not believe for a second if Fatah had a grand opening of an fake Israeli town to be used for military operation practice the media wouldn't be all over it. Of course, this kind of construction wouldn't happen in Palestine because it would never be allowed in the first place.

Last week there was a kerfluffle piece on how Iran must be being *aggressive* because they've developed.... defensive weapons that could be used against American air superiority in the event of an attack. That's right, constructing a defensive weapon was construed in the media as an offensive action.

I'll look for the link later, but it was CNN or NYT; somewhere mainstream.

[jordanianprincess 0]

It's probably also worthwhile to point out that Ahmadinejad (I am going to misspell this, forgive me) does not control the military or the decisions to go to war at *all* under the Iranian system of government. He can spout speeches the whole day long, and piss off people, and hate Israel as much as he wants, and it doesn't actually have a thing to do with whether Iran is going to invade.

This is a good post.